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To be fair - makes fun of them for being the only one that still uses it
The UK still uses imperial for things. For example, the UK buys gasoline in liters but measures the efficiency of the cars by miles per gallon. They also use miles to measure distance for driving. They measure people's weights by stone but only one of the various stone measurements.
Personally, I don't think the UK has any room to make fun of anyone using imperial units.
I've heard one (of many) caveats in buying an English-made car is the sizes of nuts and bolts when working on it.
The old BSW system was wild. A 1/2" wrench measured the width of the thread, not the head of the bolt. So BSW wrenchs are way larger than the similarly marked SAE wrench.
Canada is equally bad. My favorite is air temperature is Celsius but water temperature is Fahrenheit.
That makes no sense. It would (only a little) if it was the other way around, since 0C and 100C are based on water, and F is "easier" to relate in how one feels hot or cold (I know that's totally subjective).
Don't ask me, man. I like inches but Fahrenheit is dumb IMO. Come to Canada and ask someone how cold the water is.
That sounds like a you problem
It's a Canada problem. As I said. Guy.
No it isn't pal I don't measure water in farenheights 😂
Ask an old person
That's their problem. Nobody is forcing you to use dumb units and complain about it
Myanmar and Liberia also use it!
Really? 'Cause you never think of those other two as having their shit together.
Downvoters might’ve missed Archer! (Invidious)
I think even Myanmar is moving away from the old units and to metric https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar_units_of_measurement#Adoption_of_SI_(metric)_system
There is another Wikipedia article that says they are still making the move as of 2023 and that the us has an official policy to adopt it. 🤷